Internship experience with a Government Department or a Ministry is altogether a different one, where the intern may get an opportunity to interpret the policies as well as other statutes. In other words, there will be more of legal research work as compared to other internship programs for law students. Hence, following are the essential points which needs to be highlighted in your resume for an internship at a government department.
Therefore, those who have a very good academic record and few good publications and an exposure to Moot Court Competitions or Debate Competitions could easily grab an internship as compared to other law students.
Hence, it is essential to concentrate more on your academic as well as academic co-curricular activities like Moot Courts, Debate etc. right from the first year of you law school life. Though there can be some relaxation on the part of co-curricular activities, there will not be any relaxation to the academic records, while considering your internship application.
So, it is recommended to be thorough with the concepts of all major law papers especially, the subjects like Jurisprudence and Interpretation of Statutes.
Following are some of the government department / ministry / Public Sector Undertaking, where you may apply for internship;
- Competition Commission of India internship program
- Law Ministry internship
- ONGC internship
- HLL Lifecare Limited internship
- NTPC internship
- Coal India Internship
Very soon we will be updating a set of Sample Resume for Government Jobs and Internship. Please keep following this page for more updates.